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Now, the Ontario government is renaming Highway 93, which runs through Simcoe Country where Burke was raised, after her.

She was born in Barrie and grew up in Midland, Ont.

“Sarah lived a life of bold courage and breathtaking accomplishment; she showed us how much we can achieve if we dare to try,” Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, said Wednesday at a reception for Olympic and Paralympic athletes.

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The 29-year-old was a four-time X Games champion, pioneer in women’s sport and instrumental in getting the IOC to fast-track new freestyle skiing and snowboarding events into the Sochi Olympics last month.

The Sarah Burke Memorial highway will “remind girls everywhere of the amazing possibilities that are now open to them,” Wynne said.

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